Sonia Burns:Sonia began studying bellydance at the age of sixteen. She signed up knowing next to nothing about the movement involved, or the culture behind it, and quickly fell in love with both.

After two years of regular study, Sonia was invited to perform in her first professional show. Since then, she has continued to enjoy growing success year after year. Sonia believes that studying dance is a life-long process, and is always working to increase her technique and vocabulary in bellydance. She has studied regularly under Maria, and Amina in Boulder, Colorado. She also regularly seeks out workshops and private lessons to improve upon her foundation of bellydance. On top of studying the dance through classes, Sonia is a history aficionado and is constantly seeking to educate herself about the cultures that practice bellydance (and other dances of the Middle East and North Africa), including language studies in both Arabic and Farsi.